I don't know whether the chap concerned is a member here, but I subscribe to this Youtube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SteveDD1?feature=watch
Yesterday, he uploaded videos of some of the 4 and 6-track crossings of the ECML and ECML plus ex-Midland route, and, in two of them (Maxey and Conington), there was an incredibly brief road-open period, which I'm sure was shorter than the minimum road-open period for AHB crossings, and which, in both cases, saw the amber lights re-illuminating as he was either pulling forward towards the position of the barriers or about to do so. I appreciate that, at Maxey, there was some road traffic waiting on the far side (though in that case, the road closing procedure commenced when that road traffic was halfway across), but, at Conington, he was most likely the only vehicle waiting.
Can anyone with greater knowledge in, or experience of, signalling these types of crossings comment on the examples in the videos?
http://www.youtube.com/user/SteveDD1?feature=watch
Yesterday, he uploaded videos of some of the 4 and 6-track crossings of the ECML and ECML plus ex-Midland route, and, in two of them (Maxey and Conington), there was an incredibly brief road-open period, which I'm sure was shorter than the minimum road-open period for AHB crossings, and which, in both cases, saw the amber lights re-illuminating as he was either pulling forward towards the position of the barriers or about to do so. I appreciate that, at Maxey, there was some road traffic waiting on the far side (though in that case, the road closing procedure commenced when that road traffic was halfway across), but, at Conington, he was most likely the only vehicle waiting.
Can anyone with greater knowledge in, or experience of, signalling these types of crossings comment on the examples in the videos?